Combined mud guard and nut lock



W. R. GREEN COMBINED MUD GUARD AND NUT LOCK July 2l, 1925.

Filed NOV. 15, 1924 Patented July 2l, 1925.

UNITED STATESy WALTER R. GREEN, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COMBINED MUD GUARD AND NUT LOCK.

Application led November 15, 1924. Serial No. 750,056.

T0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER R. GREEN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Mud Guard and Nut Lock; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the numerals of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

rIhis invention relates to a mud guard brace of cycles and the like and concerns itself primarily with novel features of con-y struction for strengthening the same and facilitating its attachment to a mud guard.

The invention comprises the novel structure hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out and defined in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate a preferred embodiment of this inreution and in which similar reference numerals refer -to similar features in the different views.

Figure ,l is a fragmentary side elevational view of a cycle showing the front wheel having a mud guard equipped with my novel brace.

Figure 2 is an enlarged side elevational view of the brace.

Figure 3 is an enlarged top plan view of the brace.

Figure t is an enlarged sectional view through the mud guard and brace, the arms of the brace being omitted.

Figure 5 is an enlarged interior plan view of the rear of the brace.

Referring to the drawings, there is shown the front wheel l of a cycle or the like which is equipped with a mud guard 2 Which is longitudinally braced by my novel form of brace which is illustrated in Figures 2 to 5.

The brace consists of a pair of diverging arms 3 preferably made of metal, and having attaching apertures 4 at their forward ends. vThe rear ends of said arms are connected to a U-shapedV member 5 of angular formation designed tovfit interiorly of the mud guard. The rear may be integral with said arms; it is, however, preferably made from a separate strip of metal and rivetted to said arms as indicated at 6.

.The rear structure of the brace is provlded with a pair of parallel slits 7 at the medial portion thereof. These slits lie in horizontal planes and a short y distance from the upper and lower edges of the brace. The metal strips between the slits and adjacent edges are offset inwardly to provide strengthening chord members 8 which form a socket for nonrotatably anchoring a nut 9 adapte-d for receiving a bolt or screw 1 0 for attaching the brace to the mud guard. A reinforcing block or strip l1 is inserted between the chord members 8 and the rear end of the brace. The bolt l() is threaded through this block.

It will be apparent that the block l1 not only reinforces the brace, but. it also affords a solid bearing fo-r the bolt and nut 9 and greatly increases the strength of the connection of the brace with the mud guard. The block is preferably designed to extend coextensive with the rear vertical portion l2 of the brace for this purpose.

I am aware that many changes maybe made, and numerous details of construction may be varied through a wide range without departing from the principles of this invention, and I therefore do not purpose limiting the patent granted hereon, otherwise than necessitated by the prior art.

I claim:

1. A mud guard brace for cycles or the like comprising a pair of arms, a rear structure connected to said arms. and having inwardly offset portions defining a nut socket and a reinforcing block retained between said offset portions and the rear ofthe brace for the purpose set forth. Y

2. A mud guard brace for cycles comprising a pair of attaching arms, a rear U- shaped structure having integral inwardly offset chord elements so spaced as to receive and non rotatably confine a nut, ,and a reinforcing strip' inserted between the rear of said brace and said chord elements for the purpose set forth. I

. In testimony whereof I have hereunto vsubscribed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses:

WAL'TER n. GREEN.

Witnesses:

CHARLES U. HILLS, J r., CARLTONQHILL. 

